Philadelphia: Library Company, May 6 1935.., 1st edition. Pamphlet. Very good in light tan illustrated wraps. Staplebound. Some wear to edges and corners, with scuffing to covers. A bit of rust at staples. 39 p. Includes: memoriams for John Cadwalader and George Maurice Abbot, report of the librarian, accounts for the year, lists of gifts, and a short title list of many of the uncommon books on Americana owned Library Company up to that time. Uncommon. .... more information
Price: 30.00 USD
THE DISTRICT IN THE XVIIIth CENTURY. HISTORY, SITE-STRATEGY, REAL ESTATE MARKET, LANDSCAPE, &c.
As described by the earliest travellers: Henry Wansey, Francis Baily, Isaac Weld, Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, John Davis of Salisbury. Printed by Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1909. Paperwraps, bound in library buckram. 8vo.; 53pp. "Compliments of the Editor," a bit cropped at head of title page. Bound with a pamphlet by Amos Casselman, reprinted from the Records of the Columbia Historical Society, vol. XI, 1909, entitled THE VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Paperwraps. 8vo.; pp.115-141. Map. Very good. .... more information
Price: 85.00 USD
BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. ITS SHRINES AND EARLY HISTORY.
Augusta, GA:: N.L. Willet,, n.d. (ca.1922?). Red paperwraps (sunned). 8vo.; 30pp. "Compliments of Lake Realty Co., Beaufort, SC" printed on front wrap. Very good. .... more information
Price: 85.00 USD
DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURAL BRIDGE, VA., AND ITS HISTORY [cover title].
Philadelphia:: Packard, Butler & Partridge,, nd [ca. 1885]. 12mo. 42, (2) pp. 2 plates. Original decorated rust wrappers (rubbed). Very good copy. .... more information
Price: 150.00 USD
YUKON TERRITORY: IT'S HISTORY AND RESOURCES:
Ottawa:: Issued by direction of Hon. W. J. Roche, Minister of the Interior,, 1916. 8vo. Printed gray wraps. 233 pp., folding map. Numerous illustrations including a panoramic foldout of Dawson. Spine a bit eroded, else very good. .... more information
Price: 150.00 USD
NY:: George Southwick,, 1871. 8vo. 40 pp. Original printed wrappers (badly chipped, the rear wrapper detached and with lost text). .... more information
Price: 225.00 USD
Fort Eustis, Virginia, 1928 [cover title]
[Fort Eustis, VA:: Recreation Office],, 1928. First edition. Tall 8vo. 68 pp. Illustrated, plates, portraits; ads for local businesses. Foreword: "Our intention has been to present a brief history of Fort Eustis, Fifty-first Coast Artillery, Fifty-second Coast Artillery, and the Thirty-fourth Infantry." Not in Haynes. Not recorded on OCLC. Original stiff printed orange wrappers (soiled); lower corner chipped, but very good. .... more information
Price: 125.00 USD
A Description of the Natural Bridge of Virginia and Its History.
(Roanoke, VA:: Stone Printing and Mfg. Co.),, 1909. Oblong 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrated, plates. Original gilt-stamped brown wrappers, stapled. Very good. .... more information
Price: 150.00 USD
The Parkersburg Baptist Church Annual, April 1st, 1878, Parkersburg, W.Va.
Parkersburg, WV:: Geo. Elletson, job printer [for] Dave D. Johnson,, 1878. 16mo. 32 pp. Includes a 15-page "brief history" of the church, lists of pastors and of the current members, etc. Not recorded on OCLC. Original printed yellow wrappers (soiled); ink marks on final page, else a good copy. .... more information
Price: 275.00 USD
Indianapolis:: Baker-Randolph Lith. and Eng. Co. [for the] Indianapolis Fire Force,, 1893. Small 4to. 120 pp. Illustrated, plates, portraits, ads. Original gilt-stamped decorated burgundy cloth (a little shaken). Very good copy. .... more information
Price: 375.00 USD
Northampton, MA:: Printed for the editor, by L.H. Goland,, 1828. Conducted by Dr. L.S. Morgan. Four numbers, bound in two volumes. 8vo.; 64pp. Original printed tan and orange wrappers, stitched, the second volume untrimmed. Some wear to spines, but very good copies. .... more information
Price: 425.00 USD
a. FARRELL, John. History of Petroleum, Ancient and Modern, and Mercantitle Character of Its Standard Products. Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy & Co. [for] Dubreuil Oil Works Co., 1868. First edition. 16mo. 36 pp. NUC locates a single copy (DLC). Original glossy printed wrappers. b. By-Laws of the Indian Spring Oil Co., Together with By-Laws for the Regulation of the Business of the Board of Directors and "An Act Relating to Corporations for Mechanical Manufacturing, Mining and Quarrying Purposes," Approved July, 18, A.D. 1863. Philadelphia: H. G. Leisenring's Steam-Power Printing House, 1864. First edition. 12mo. 22 pp. Original printed.... more information
Price: 3500.00 USD
Written by members of the squadron. (Bordeaux: Castera et Fils), nd [1919]. 12mo. 47 pp. Illustrated (group photographs). Original printed green wrappers. Very good copy. .... more information
Price: 225.00 USD
Birmingham, AL:: Rapid printing Co.,, 1954. Revision of a similar earlier publication (a copy of which, without outer wrappers, is offered in this lot). 4to. (16) pp. Illustrated, portraits of the business owners; ads for other local African-American businesses. Includes a history of the business and illustrations of interiors from the home. Both of the copies offered here appear to have been used as mock-ups for an even later edition, with some portions crossed out and ink notes providing instructions for proof, etc. .... more information
Price: 175.00 USD
Year Book City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Birmingham, Alabama, 1950-51.
Birmingham, AL:: Forniss Printing Co.,, 1950. First edition. 16mo. 27 pp. Brief history of the organization, lists of clubs, members, and committees, and a month-by-month calendar of events. .... more information
Price: 125.00 USD
Deposit Book of the National Freedman's Savings and Trust Company [cover label title].
[Philadelphia, PA]:: Wm. Mann Steam-Power Printer,, nd [ca. 1870]. Account book with manuscript entries. 12mo. 14 pages for account activity entries, four used, 1870-1883; front endpapers printing lists of officers and trustees of the company and the various branches and their cashiers, rear endpapers printing rules and regulations for the institutions. This copy records transactions made for John Donegan at the Huntsville, Alabama, branch ($82 deposited in 1870, $25 deposited in 1873, various withdrawals and interest deposits over the next ten years). We have not previously encountered any kind of Freedmen's Bank record or account book. For an account of the bank, see Walter Fleming's The Freedmen's Savings Bank:.... more information
Price: 750.00 USD
Clarksdale, MS:: Press Pub. Co., print [for the Knights and Daughters of Tabor].,, 1942. First edition. 4to. 44 pp. Illustrated; ads for local African-American businesses, some illustrated. Includes a history of the organization, a history of Mount Bayou, an all African-American town, and a description of the new hospital. .... more information
Price: 300.00 USD
A Greeting from Old Historic Winchester.
Winchester, VA:: Davidson Bros., photographers,, 1897. First edition. Oblong 8vo. 33 leaves, printed rectos only. Illustrated, plates, portraits. Includes a short history of the city and its fire department, rosters of the city's fire companies, illustrations of fire department buildings, and portraits of department officers and officials. Cover title: Souvenir of the Winchester Fire Department, Winchester, Va. .... more information
Price: 250.00 USD
Riverside County, California, One of the Southern Gems: Riverside County History and Statistics.
Riverside, CA:: Press Printing Co. [for the] County Board of Supervisors,, nd [1914]. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp. Illustrated form photographs, map. Promotional for the county. Rocq 6438. OCLC locates four copies (New York Public, San Francisco Public, UCLA, Wisconsin Historical Society). Original illustrated glossy gold wrappers, stapled. Very good. .... more information
Price: 125.00 USD
MEMORIAL ALBUM. SOCIETY OF THE FIRST DIVISION. PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE 1st DIVISION. [cover title].
San Diego, CA:: The Society of the First Division,, n.d. [ca.1950]. Red and green lettered tan paperwraps, hole punched and bound with cord. Oblong 4to.; 104 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Some wear and scuffing to outer wrappers, else a very good copy. .... more information
Price: 150.00 USD
The Story of the "General" 1862.
Nashville, TN:: Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway and the Western & Atlantic Railway,, (1906). Second edition, revised (first published 1897 with a variant title; other editions appeared in 1909 and 1917). Narrow 8vo. 20 pp. Illustrated, portraits, double-page map. OCLC locates four copies (Western Reserve, U.S. Armry Military History Center, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center, Huntington). Color decorated gray wrappers (rubbed), stapled. Very good. .... more information
Price: 150.00 USD
Montgomery, AL:: Barrett & Wimbish, Steam Printers & Binders,, 1861. First edition. 8vo. 64, (4), xcvi pp. Parrish & Willingham 8578, locating nine copies (Alabama Archives & History, Alabama, Georgia, Boston Athenaeum, Southern Mississippi, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, Marshall). Original printed yellow wrappers. A little edgewear, else very good. .... more information
Price: 225.00 USD
Montgomery, (AL):: Advertiser Book and Job Office,, 1862. First edition. 8vo. 47, lv pp. Parrish & Willingham 8579, locating nine copies (Alabama Archives & History, Birmingham/Jefferson County Public, Alabama, California-Santa Barbara, Emory, Georgia, Boston Athenaeum, Duke, Virginia). Original printed green wrappers. A little edgewear, else very good. .... more information
Price: 225.00 USD
Secession March. Sur le motif de la Marseillaise. Composed for the piano by Wm. Herz.
Mobile, AL:: J.H. Snow,, (c1861). First edition. 4to. 7 pp. At head of title: "To first Regiment Ala Volunteer Corps." Parrish & Willingham 7431, locating four copies (Alabama Archives & History, Yale, New York Public Library, Tennessee State Library). Disbound (spine repaired with archival paper). Some browning, old tideline, else very good. .... more information
Price: 450.00 USD
New York:: Dun, Barlow & Co. [and others],, (c1872). The earliest credit reference work for the state of Alabama. Narrow 8vo. (4), 81 pp. Cover title: "Alabama / Jan. 1872." Lists businesses and individuals in business, by city or town, rated by "pecuniary strength" and "general credit." Seven years after the Civil War and the ratings are generally very low. Ownership signature of Craig Throckmorton, Tuscumbia, Ala. (James Throckmorton, a planter and miller, is listed under Tuscumbia). Not in Owen. The earliest edition noted on OCLC is for 1882 (Alabama Archives & History only). Gilt-stamped black leather (rubbed, spine a bit eroded). Some insect damage to last two leaves.... more information
Price: 2500.00 USD
Mobile, (AL):: Strickland & Co.,, 1855. First Strickland directory for Mobile (the first Mobile directory was published in 1837). 8vo. 125 pp. 43 pages of ads at the rear. Spear, p. 197, locating three copies (Alabama Archives & History, Mobile Public, American Antiquarian Soc.). Owen, p. 1067. Ellison 962 (Mobile Public only). OCLC locates one copy (Alabama-Birmingham). Original cloth (rubbed, worn, joints amateurishly reinforced), printed paper label on upper board (half chipped away). Lacking front endpaper, text browned, but a good solid copy of a rare southern city directory. (1203) .... more information
Price: 4500.00 USD
London:: J. DeBrett,, 1782-1783. First edition of volumes VIII and XI. 8vo. 2 vols.: (2), 375, (1); (4), [3]-294 pp. Folding tables; errata. Both volumes filled with proceedings related to the American Revolution, including debates on a provisional treaty in the second. John Randolph of Roanoke's copies with his ownership signature ("John Randolph / Roanoke") on the front pastedown of each. Randolph (1773-1833), stepson of St. George Tucker, carved out a remarkable political career in Virginia, with service to his district in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, and 1827-29, his state in the U.S. Senate, 1825-1827, and his country briefly as.... more information
Price: 1250.00 USD
Cleveland, (OH):: E.G. Knight & Co. and Parsons & Co.,, 1853. First Knight & Parsons directory (the first Cleveland directory was published in 1837). 8vo. 319, (2), 47, (1) pp. Large folding map, a street plan of the city; advertisements on colored paper, some illustrated. Cover title: "Knight & Parsons' Cleveland City Directory, 1852-3." Spear, p. 106 (the 6th Cleveland directory). Original gilt-stamped black cloth (corners bumped). Old tideline through margin and adjoining text of first 20 leaves, but a very good copy. (2630) .... more information
Price: 1250.00 USD
Los Angeles [or Berkeley], CA: The Quivira Society,, 1929-1958. First edition, 13 titles in 15 volumes, each limited, from 400 to 665 copies. 8vo. Illustrated with plates and folding maps. Number 1: Expedition into New Mexico Made by Antonio de Espejo, 1582-1583, as Revealed in the Journal of Diego Perez de Luxan, a Member of the Party. Translated, with introduction and notes, by George P. Hammond and Agapito Rey (1929, 143 pp.; Howes P-226); Number II: The Indian Uprising in Lower California, 1734-1737, as Described by Father Sigismundo Taraval. Translated, with introduction and notes, by Marguerite E. Wilbur (1931, 298 pp.); Number III: The Mercurio Volante of Don Carlos.... more information
Price: 4000.00 USD
Annapolis:: Printed by Jonas Green,, 1758. First edition. Folio. 8 pp. Rare; various bibliographies and reference sources locate a total of five copies. Not in Evans. Shipton & Mooney 40968 (Maryland Diocesan Library). Bristol B-1957 (Library of Congress, Harvard-Law, Peabody Institute, Maryland Historical Society). Wroth "History of Printing in Colonial Maryland 205 (Maryland Historical Society, Library of Congress, Harvard-Law, Maryland Diocesan Library). OCLC locates only a microform edition. Recent stiff blue wrappers. Very good. (3724) .... more information
Price: 1750.00 USD
(Lake Arthur, LA):: [The city or chamber of commerce?],, nd [ca. 1925]. 20-panel promotional brochure folded to narrow 8vo, illustrated from photographs, the recto printing six panels of commercial and recreational information concerning the town, along with title panel and illustrations, the verso printing a panoramic bird's-eye view of the town (5 x 35 inches) above more promotional text. Not in the NUC or on OCLC. Illustrated wrappers (some soiling). Long separation at one fold, else very good. (2987) .... more information
Price: 150.00 USD
(Cantonment, OK):: Printed in the interest of the Mennonite Mission among the Cheyennes,, 1912. First edition. Small 8vo. (2), 299 pp. Petter (1865-1947), a Mennonite missionary to the Cheyenne Indians, was an outstanding linguist, the creator of a dictionary to the Cheyenne language, having reduced it to writing, and the translator of several religious works into that language. Not in Siebert sale. OCLC locates eight copies (Claremont, Princeton, Smithsonian, Newberry, Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Bethel, Wittenberg, Buffalo Bill History Center). Rear hinge cracked, else a very good copy. Original black-stamped brown cloth (rubbed). (#3712) .... more information
Price: 600.00 USD
A Delightful Winter Resort! Historic San Antonio, Texas, the Alamo City [cover title].
[San Antonio, TX]:: Johnson Brothers Printers,, nd [1887]. First edition. 12mo. 51 pp. Illustrated, plates. Promotional offering "inducements to home-seekers [and] mild, bracing, health-restoring climate in the health belt of Texas, where Consumption and catarrh are cured without medicine, no snow and but a few days of cold weather, succeeded by the genial warmth which produces roses in its gardens ten months in a year." Describes the healthful climate, commercial possibilities, neighboring towns, and history. Includes three pages and an illustration on hunting and fishing possibilities; rear wrapper prints statistics forming an assessment of the "cost of living in San Antonio." Not in Jenkins "Cracker Barrel Chronicles." OCLC.... more information
Price: 850.00 USD
Bosdton: W. Crary, 1807 Very good. First edition.. 8vo. 72pp. 19th century half leather, marbled paper boards. Without the frontispiece sometimes present. The narrative commences at age 41, but the History of Algiers precedes this. An early binder split the title page and mounted the lower half (History of Algiers) at the beginning, and the upper half (History of the Captivity) between pages 40 and 42. Some printings have a frontispiece cut; this does not. First edition of the narrative in this form, reprinted by various printers between 1809 and 1818. Wright notes that many passages are parallel to a narrative of a Mrs. Mary Velnet printed ca..... more information
Price: 500.00 USD
Colorized oversized pull out brochure. 5 paintings inside grey paper folder. .... more information
Price: 5.00 USD
The Atlantic Express Passenger Service. Launch of the City of New York.
1888, 4 page leaflet from the "North British Daily Mail," Friday, March 16th, 1888. .... more information
Price: 5.00 USD
The Story of the Buildings of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Kentucky.
Louisville, KY: , 1922, PB. VG. 23 pages, Oversize pamphlet with photos. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
New York,: Collins Publishers: 1986., NF/VG+. Oversized., Minor scuffing to DJ. Sticker of FFE. .... more information
Price: 5.00 USD
The First Book Edition of John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address.
NY: Franklin Watts, Inc. 1964, Wraps. VG. 1st ed. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. Light wear to cover edges, rubbing. .... more information
Price: 12.50 USD
Portland: L. H. Nelson Co., 1909 Minor aging to pages, staple binding secure. Covers are lightly browned, rubbed/lightly soiled, with some minor water spotting and wear to edges (small tear to rear cover edge). Scarce. .... more information
Price: 5.00 USD
L. H. Nelson Co., 1909 Minor aging/foxing, small water stain to pages, staple binding secure. Covers are sunned, lightly rubbed. .... more information
Price: 5.00 USD
Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co ,U.S., 2004 Tight, clean. .... more information
Price: 3.00 USD
History of Presbyterian Hospital
Albuquerque:: Presbyterial Hopital Center,, 1976. Fine in Wraps. First printing. Quarto. 75 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. .... more information
Price: 10.00 USD
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1927 A wonderful collection of 115 agriculture leaflets, handsomely bound into a single volume, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ranging from March 1927 to February 1936, this collection runs the gamut from Hygiene in Fox Farming to Woodchuck Control in the Eastern States. A terrific glimpse into rural life just before and during the Great Depression, these leaflets were practical and instructional, born of the most basic needs in farming and homesteading. The single volume is a VG, thick octavo, bound in quarter black leather with navy blue cloth boards. With beautifully marbled endpapers and marbled edges. A powerful.... more information
Price: 200.00 USD
Twenty-Third Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Two Years Ended November 30, 1908
Hartford, Connecticut: The State of Connecticut, 1908 1908 1st thus, handsomely rebound in a full, gilt-bordered red leather. Tight and clean and VG. Raised bands, gilt-tooled compartments, bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine, attractive marbled endpapers. Octavo, 400 pgs. A nice piece of Americana and early 20th century Connecticutiana. .... more information
Price: 100.00 USD
The New Jersey School for the Deaf
West Trenton, NJ: The New Jersey School for the Deaf, 1933 Uncommon 1933 history of the New Jersey School for the Deaf, located in West Trenton. Tight and solid and VG in its orignal light-blue stapled wrappers. Octavo, 46 pgs., including crisp black-and-white photographs thruout. Neat former owner inscription at the foot of the front panel. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Kansas City, MO: The Order of Sleeping Car Conductors, A wonderful piece of early American labor-- and railroad-- history. 24 bound issues (the entire years 1924-1925) of the monthly "The Sleeping Car Conductor". Packed with anecdotal information and observations from the road, these monthlies really are travel literature and document each city visited, the politics of the moment, etc. Each issue has held up very nicely and is free of any writing or underlining, etc.The entire collection of monthlies is bright and clean and VG+, bound in green cloth and with bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Thick octavo, approaching 2,000 pgs. all told. A very nice, unusual example of.... more information
Price: 1000.00 USD
The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Biographical): Vol. IV
New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1920 The 1920 1st edition of the final volume --the "Biographical" volume-- in the "History of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". Tight and VG+ in its 3/4 dark leather over black boards. Bright gilt-lettering along the spine and, other than very, very light scuffing at the front panel, clean as could be. Thick quarto, 475 pgs., gravure portraits thruout. .... more information
Price: 200.00 USD
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1788 Small hole on one leaf with loss of a few words; another leaf with clean tear and no loss. Light browning throughout. The G signature for Issue Two is duplicated at Issue Four with the resulting loss of the G signature for the latter issue. Front cover ho. First Edition. Octavo (5" x 8-3/8") bound in contemporary tree calf with a gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label. Includes the July - December 1788 issues of this, one of the most important miscellaneous magazines of the eighteenth century. The subscriber's list includes George Washington and many of the important figures in early American history. Contains much related to the new country including the Bill of Rights, Constitutional Amendments, and the various states' ratification of the Constitution. Also articles on slavery and other matters. Early bookplate of the Library of the German Society on the front pastedown over two other early bookplates, one.... more information
Price: 500.00 USD
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, n.y., [ca. 1929] Small 4to. Stiff grey wrappers. 79pp. Very good. Slightest bit of wrapper edgewear, but overall tight, clean, quite attractive. A lovely copy of one of this Western Americana specialist dealer's reknowned catalogues. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
